Valentine's

I love Valentine's Day. Well, I guess I love both the things that are associated with Valentine's Day and the actual day. I love Valentine candy, especially cherry juju hearts. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find them the last two Valentine's days. I decided I wanted to decorate cookies this year, so I invited my four year old and 2 year old nieces over to have some fun. I actually forgot to take pictures of the actual decorating. I guess I was a little preoccupied with keeping Jenna from eating the cookie dough, Brookie from eating all the frosting, and Owen from screaming the entire time. It was a little dicey for about a half an hour or so, but it got much better when Owen finally went to sleep and I could focus my attentions on the girls. That being said, it was really fun to have them over. Here are a few pictures of the cookies I decorated for the ladies I visit teach. I had so much fun doing them.

Our actual Valentine's day was the best I think I have ever had. I am not sure why I loved it so much, but it just was a very relaxing, good day. One of those days where I remembered why I fell in love with Brent and a day where I remembered how blessed I really am to have him. Brent brought me breakfast in bed and also brought me tulips, which I loved. After church I cooked Brent dinner. I made chicken cord on bleu and mashed potatoes. A little risky considering I had never made the chicken and the last time I made mashed potatoes I mixed them too much and they were really sticky. They both turned out really good, though, if I do say so myself. I also made ice cream cake roll for dessert. Yummy!

And since I am so into coupons lately, I decided to make my own coupons for Brent this year. I think he really liked them, which is always a plus. Overall, it was a very good day.

Do you see what I see?

Am I missing something here or is this just a regular plain old vent? Well, as far as I can tell this is just the air vent above our bed, but I think Owen would beg to differ. Every time he looks at this thing he cracks the biggest smile. I keep asking him what is up there that I can't see. I will often ask him if that is where the angels come in and out of our house. I am convinced he thinks it looks like something or someone, just don't know what it is. At least he smiles at it instead of cries!

This is me looking at it from his perspective to make sure I wasn't missing anything.

Owen's new cousin

Since there isn't anything very interesting going on in our lives, I thought I would post something very exciting that happened to Brent's sister and her husband. They have been trying to adopt a baby for a couple of years now and about 3 weeks ago they finally got a little girl. They named her Emma. Isn't she so adorable? Congratulations, Matt and Andrea. We are so very excited for you. We are also very glad that Owen will have a cousin very close to his age.

On a related note, my brother Jon and his wife, Vanessa are still looking for a baby to adopt. If anyone knows of anyone considering adoption let me know or you can refer them to their website at http://adoptjonathanandvanessa.blogspot.com/. Thanks!

Emma and her Mama